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(b) Suitable armament factories which are
to be selected in such a way that their personnel will consist in the
majority of prisoners of war under guidance and supervision (upon
withdrawal and other employment of the German workers).
"III. Other war industries.
"(a) Mining as under II (b).
"(b) Railroad construction units for building tracks, et
cetera.
"(c) Agriculture and forestry in closed units. The utilization
of Russian prisoners of war is to be regulated on the basis of the
above examples:
"To I. The Armed Forces.
"To II. The Reich Minister for Armament and Munitions and the
Inspector General for the German Road System in agreement with the
Reich Minister for Labor and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces
(Economic Armament Office). Deputies of the Reich Minister for
Armament and Munitions are to be admitted to the prisoner-of-war camps
to assist in the selection of skilled workers."
The Defendant Göring, at a conference at the Air Ministry on the
7th day of November 1941, also discussed the use of prisoners of war in
the armament industry. And we refer now to our Document Number 1206-PS,
which bears Exhibit Number USA-215. This document consists of top-secret
notes on Göring's instructions as to the employment and treatment
of prisoners of war in many phases of the German war industry. And I
wish to quote from Paragraph 1 of Page 1 and Paragraph 4 of Page 2 of
the English text and from Paragraph 1, Page 1, and Paragraph 1, Page 3
of the German text, as follows:
"The Führer's point of view as
to employment of prisoners of war in war industries has changed
basically. So far a total of 5 million prisoners of war —
employed so far 2 million."
And on Page 2:
"In the interior and the Protectorate
it would be ideal if entire factories could be manned by Russian
prisoners of war except the employees necessary for directing. For
employment in the interior and the Protectorate the following are to
have priority:
"(a) At the top, the coal mining industry. Order by the Führer
to investigate all mines as to suitability for employment of Russians,
in some instances manning the entire plant with Russian laborers.
"(b) Transportation (construction of locomotives and cars,
repair shops, etcetera). Railroad-repair and factory workers